Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
الساكت عن الحق شيطان أخرس
English translation:
silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor
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Arabic term
الساكت عن الحق شيطان أخرس
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الساكت عن الحق شيطان أخرس
can you please provide an equivalent for this idiom in English if there is one?
thanx
can you please provide an equivalent for this idiom in English if there is one?
thanx
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Jan 10, 2013 22:16: sktrans Created KOG entry
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silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor
You asked for an idiomatic equivalent, not a translation. This is the closest I can think of:
About Ginetta Sagan | Amnesty International USAwww.amnestyusa.org › ... › Grants and Awards › Ginetta Sagan FundCached
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"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor." – Ginetta Sagan. Ginetta Sagan, former honorary Chair of the Board of Directors of Amnesty ...
US must seize opportunity to support Palestinian non-violence ...www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/.../201233135633153770.ht...
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Mar 3, 2012 – As the great Dr Martin Luther King taught us, "silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor". Today, however, the cost of ...
About Ginetta Sagan | Amnesty International USAwww.amnestyusa.org › ... › Grants and Awards › Ginetta Sagan FundCached
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"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor." – Ginetta Sagan. Ginetta Sagan, former honorary Chair of the Board of Directors of Amnesty ...
US must seize opportunity to support Palestinian non-violence ...www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/.../201233135633153770.ht...
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Mar 3, 2012 – As the great Dr Martin Luther King taught us, "silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor". Today, however, the cost of ...
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Hasna Chakir
Morocco
Morocco
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Morocco
A good translation shortens distances!
Native in: Arabic 
, French
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Italian to Arabic, and 3 more.
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A person who does not speak out against the wrong is a mute
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A person who does not speak out against the wrong is a mute devil
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He who remains silent about truth is a dumb devil
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A person who does not speak out against the wrong is a mute devil
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He who remains silent about truth is a dumb devil
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A mute bird makes no omen
a Spanish Proverb
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